Title :
Lighting the modern commercial aircraft
Author :
Massie, E. Philip
Author_Institution :
Day-Ray Products, Inc., South Pasadena, Calif.
Abstract :
THE ADVENT of an aircraft wherein 115-volt alternating voltage is the primary power system offers the lighting engineer an opportunity to exploit a wider field of lighting devices. Previously, aircraft could use alternating voltage only at a sacrifice as it was heavy, expensive, and inefficient. However, it now occupies an advantage over 28-volt direct voltage for lighting use. It is the purpose of this paper to show how lighting research and alternating voltage contribute to the lighting of a modern commerical aircraft.
Keywords :
Aircraft; Brightness; Color; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescent lamps; Vibrations;
Journal_Title :
American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Part II: Applications and Industry, Transactions of the
DOI :
10.1109/TAI.1958.6369045
